Resources & Training
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Explore resources on understanding domestic violence, safety planning, and digital safety, along with free upcoming trainings and on-demand learning from state and national organizations. Know of something else we should include? Let us know.
General Resources for Service Providers
Understanding Domestic Violence
Learn about domestic violence, why it happens, what it can look like, and how to help a friend.
Why Do People Abuse
Source: National Domestic Violence Hotline
www.thehotline.org/identify-abuse/why-do-people-abuse/
Behavioral Tactics, Unique Experiences for Specific Populations, and Impact
Source: New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence
https://opdv.ny.gov/learn-more-about-domestic-violence
Risk and Protective Factors for Intimate Partner Violence
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/intimate-partner-violence/risk-factors/
Safety & Planning
Find information and tools to help you think through safety and create a plan for your individual situation.
What Is Safety Planning?
Source: New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence
opdv.ny.gov/safety-planning
Technology & Digital Safety
Learn how technology can be used to monitor, control, or harm, and find ways to protect your privacy and safety.
Digital Safety
Source: New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
www.nyscadv.org/find-help/digital-safety.html
Technology Safety & Stalking
Source: New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Upcoming Free Trainings
New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence (OPDV) regularly rotates through a variety of free open registration trainings for professionals and the general public to help them understand domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence in a way that is survivor-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive. These trainings may be offered live in-person, live virtually, or recorded online. View full training catalog.
Domestic Violence 101
Training | 1.5 hours
Course Description: Understanding domestic violence and its various tactics of abuse is essential for everyone, regardless of your profession or relationship status. This interactive training provides participants with foundational knowledge to recognize and respond to domestic violence, including emotional, financial, and technology-assisted abuse, in a survivor-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive manner. By attending, participants will gain practical skills to support survivors and connect them with resources, ultimately contributing to the prevention and intervention efforts against domestic violence.
Gender-Based Violence 101
Training | 1 hour
Course Description: Understanding Gender-Based Violence, including Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence, is essential for everyone, regardless of your profession or relationship status. This interactive training provides participants with foundational knowledge to recognize and respond to gender-based violence in a survivor-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive manner. By attending, participants will gain practical skills to support survivors and connect them with resources.
Sexual Violence 101
Training | 1.5 hours
Course Description: Understanding sexual violence and its various forms is essential for individuals across all sectors. This interactive training provides participants with foundational knowledge to recognize and respond to sexual violence, including sexual assault, reproductive coercion, and sexual harassment, in a survivor-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive manner. By attending, participants will gain practical skills to support survivors, challenge rape culture, promote consent, and connect survivors with resources, contributing to efforts to prevent and address sexual violence.
On Demand Learning
Engagement & Collaboration
National Prevention Town Hall: Collaboration Is the Way Forward
Source: National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
vawnet.org/material/2025-national-prevention-town-hall
Navigating the Media Spotlight
Source: National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
vawnet.org/material/webinar-navigating-media-spotlight
Intervention & Prevention
The Hidden Costs of Financial Abuse and Fraud in Domestic Violence
Source: National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
vawnet.org/material/webinar-hidden-costs-financial-abuse-and-fraud-domestic-violence
Stalking and Intimate Partner Violence
Source: National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
vawnet.org/material/webinar-stalking-and-intimate-partner-violence
Management & Sustainability
Strengthening Our Movement: Decision Making
Source: National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
vawnet.org/material/webinar-strengthening-our-movement-decision-making
When the Work Hurts: Managing the Impacts of Moral Injury and Career Sustainability in Mission-Driven Work
Source: National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
vawnet.org/material/webinar-when-work-hurts-managing-impacts-moral-injury-and-career-sustainability-mission
Policy & Systems Advocacy
Self-Managed Abortion, Domestic Violence, and the Law
Source: National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
vawnet.org/material/webinar-self-managed-abortion-domestic-violence-and-law
Research & Statistics
Domestic Violence Counts: 20th Annual Report
Source: National Network to End Domestic Violence
vawnet.org/material/domestic-violence-counts-20th-annual-report